We had a similar story, the institution said they didn't have records anymore. What we didn't check is Probate to see if the patient was committed thru court. In our case, we later found a relative who knew the story and found out her husband committed her as I think they could in the early 20th Cent. But you might find something in Probate if you haven't already tried there. It might say why and who was involved. We have figured out that our woman was committed right after having a baby, seems likely it was likely post partom depr. There was another woman, her older sister, who was also "put away" after birthing. She was offered release some few years later and family lore has it that she said, "no, my husband will just get me pregnant again." She already had 5 children. She stayed at the institution and worked there as a waitress. Interesting!! Good luck. Shirley Newbold newbolds@hotmail.com > End of OHFRANKL Digest, Vol 5, Issue 74 > *************************************** _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5

Thanks for all that. My understanding is that my Grandmother was committed first to the hospital in Marion, Ohio. It was a private institution. I don't know how long she was there, but was then brought home for a while. After that, she was taken up to Toledo. This was a loooong time ago, but I am hopeful about you suggestion to go to the courts. I will do so right off. I don't know if the hosp in Marion is still existing, but will check it out. THANKS so much. I wish you a lovely Mothers' Day this weekend! Suz Susan Cruse deafmtnbear@gmail.com On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Shirley Newbold <newbolds@hotmail.com>wrote: > > We had a similar story, the institution said they didn't have records > anymore. What we didn't check is Probate to see if the patient was > committed thru court. In our case, we later found a relative who knew the > story and found out her husband committed her as I think they could in the > early 20th Cent. But you might find something in Probate if you haven't > already tried there. It might say why and who was involved. > We have figured out that our woman was committed right after having a baby, > seems likely it was likely post partom depr. There was another woman, her > older sister, who was also "put away" after birthing. She was offered > release some few years later and family lore has it that she said, "no, my > husband will just get me pregnant again." She already had 5 children. She > stayed at the institution and worked there as a waitress. Interesting!! > Good luck. > > Shirley Newbold > newbolds@hotmail.com > > > > End of OHFRANKL Digest, Vol 5, Issue 74 > > *************************************** > > _________________________________________________________________ > The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with > Hotmail. > > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >